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  1. Re:Not sure precisely on Some USAF Pilots Refuse To Fly F-22 Raptor · · Score: 1

    Isn't the sleeping giant China... "Let China sleep. For when China wakes, it will shake the world."

    Your point about Medicare is pretty absurd considering the amount people would save on not being ripped off by health insurance companies...

  2. Re:Sounds similar to tactics.... on Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Belize · · Score: 1

    You need the pro version for that.

  3. Re:Dawkins/GODSPOT-0DAY on Symantec: Religious Sites "Riskier Than Porn For Viruses" · · Score: 2

    Would science ever come up with religion as a reasonable hypothesis if it weren't for oral transmission of myths? No, because it's patently absurd.

  4. Re:Change the name, please! on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi, I've forked it for you, I thought a better name would be "paintbitch" please PM me for a download key.

  5. Re:Hybrid system on Hobbit Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second · · Score: 1

    bitrate ! = framerate

  6. Re:Really? Pangolin? on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance · · Score: 1

    As mentioned above, the reason for switching to Mint is to have the MATE desktop rather than Gnome 3. It is worth trying out if you still have the install.

  7. Re:Finally on Code Name, Theming Update Announced For Ubuntu 12.10 · · Score: 1

    Debian default installs are quite ugly, they also provide a very complicated variety of installation methods, which is great if you need them all, trying to wade through them to find the one your looking for is pretty arduous for beginners.

    I also had some problems with my graphics card with every one I tried (Radeon HD 6870).

    I was seriously considering switching to Debian for my home install after the Unity debacle, but while I would always use it on a server, it just doesn't seem right for an everyday desktop. On Mint with MATE just now, and it's not bad, but I'm no longer sure what I'd recommend for someone who wanted to try out linux :-/

  8. Re:The Department of Redundancy Department on University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department · · Score: 1

    I know it'll sound like insanity as you've been conditioned to think that's the way it should be, but maybe all Universities should spin off their sporting clubs into independent institutions and operate as educational institutes. Leave the training to the sports clubs, it works everywhere else for every other sport. As far as I'm aware America is the only country that seems to think that the 2 need to go hand in hand.

  9. Re:The Department of Redundancy Department on University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department · · Score: 1

    At least all your NFL players will have degrees in "Sport Science" they can put to good use.

  10. Re:The Department of Redundancy Department on University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department · · Score: 1

    But it's not a sporting club, it's a university. There's something seriously wrong with the American education system when college "football" takes $100m a year to run.

  11. Re:It's even dumber than that. on Billionaires and Polymaths Expected To Unveil a Plan To Mine Asteroids · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm being a moron here but, in that case how much was there when the earth was formed, using the numbers you give I arrived (starting with current stocks of about 250 tons) of about 1% of the mass of the earth being plutonium, that doesn't sound right.

  12. Re:it's the constraints of the world on Billionaires and Polymaths Expected To Unveil a Plan To Mine Asteroids · · Score: 1

    The genesis planet? I heard they made a mess of that one.

  13. Re:Brilliant! on Cringely Predicts IBM Will Shed 78% of US Employees By 2015 · · Score: 2

    Because too many large companies are run by people who have literally no idea what the people working for them are doing?

  14. Re:B-2 Spirit unit price - $3b? Said who? on Sixty Years On, B-52s Are Still Going Strong · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately "human shield" is just as big a euphemism as "collateral damage".

  15. Re:where is the evidence? on Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder · · Score: 1

    Utter bilgi, I live in the UK, homicide rate involving knives is about steady at about 200-220 a year in a population of rough 64,000,000. The number of shooting deaths per year in the USA as far as I can see was over 11,000 in 2004. So you are way more likely to be shot in America than stabbed in the UK.

    Regardless, people occasionally want to hurt each other for lots of stupid reasons, the less well armed they are when they attempt it, the better.

  16. Re:If It Is Fact ... on Ex-NASA Employees Accuse Agency of 'Extreme Position' On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    From the job descriptions of the people on the list I'd be quite happy to let them fix my TV, if they want to try and offer climate I'd probably tell them to shove it.

  17. Re:Hey guys, do your jobs and and analyse the data on Ex-NASA Employees Accuse Agency of 'Extreme Position' On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Oh, and 95% of the worlds climate scientists...

  18. Re:So three monitors and ninety-seven hard drives? on Expect Hundreds of Thunderbolt Devices, Says Intel · · Score: 1

    I had a few problems with wireless USB wakeup in Linux, still not really as good as it should be, not sure whether to blame BIOS or OS makers...

  19. Re:Missing from article on How Windows FreeCell Gave Rise To Online Crowdsourcing · · Score: 1

    I have a solution to this question that is quite elegant, however it is too long to fit in this comment.

  20. Re:where is the evidence? on Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder · · Score: 1

    When will America finally have enough guns that she and all her citizens are safe? What a happy day that shall be.

  21. Re:Sony's war on their customers on Sony Projects Record Losses of $6.4 Billion · · Score: 1

    For the money I'd definitely recommend a zoom H4-N, better features, better microphones, only a little bit more expensive, and best of all... Not Sony! Good luck Sony, this is my attitude every time someone says they plan on buying your products.

  22. Re:We all know why on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    Obviously he's never driven an Italian car if he believes that!

  23. Re:We all know why on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    Good points, I like the how the Americans somehow think private healthcare is banned here, instead it's probably better than it in America because it has to actually compete with a very effective health service. Put that in your free enterprise pipe and smoke it.

  24. Re:We all know why on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    This is complete nonsense written by someone who has no idea about the NHS, think you should keep your nonsensical anecdotes to yourself, you can keep your PoS healthcare system too.

  25. Re:We all know why on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    First sensible comment in thread, no-one interested in modding it to reflect that. Why is it that Americans have this huge blindspot about medicine? See the guy above saying it was caused by HFCS? Genius.